Roofing strip



H. G. KELLY ROOFING STRIP July 5, 1927.

Filed Nov. 7, 1925 Hm,- G. Ken,

- attozmg name Jul 5,1927.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY G. KELLY, F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

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Application filed November 7, 1925. Serial No. 67,545.

and that they will present an ornamental ap earance when laid on a roof.

e invention consists of the novel and useful. construction, combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein,

Fig. i is a top plan view of one of the 21? strips. Fig. 2 is a partly broken plan view showing the arrangement of the strips for covering part of a roof. Fig. 3 is a broken away enlarged detail, being a plan view illustrating the mounting of a metallic fastener. Fig. i is a sectional view on line 4.4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a view in longitudinal section and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a metallic fastener.

Referring now to the drawing for a more particular description, I have shown in Fig.

1 an elongatedroofing sheet or strip 5 having an approximately straight, longitudinal edge 6, that part opposite to its straight edge being incised to form outwardly convergent wings 7 and outwardly divergent recesses 8 and secondary, parallel, elongated recesses 9 opening on the recesses 8,. and providing projections or secondary, rectangular wings IO-between the recesses 9.

which are secured to the wings 7, and when applyin the strips to a roof the end portlons o the fasteners 11 of a superposed strip will engage the lower side of the adja 4 cent'sheet or strip which lies thereunder, in an angle or recess'provided for it, whereby each upper strip at the terminals or lowermost parts of its wings will be secured to a lower stri and since nails 12 are driven -through t e lower strip adjacent to these angles or recesses, all of the strips 5 are secured to a roof. I

It will be seenthat the area of each wing is approximately equal to the area of each recess 8 providing economy when cut from revent curling or buckling, leakage and misplacement inapplication,

Numerals .11 indicate metallic fasteners standard sheets. The outwardly convergent edges a of the wings 7 which define parts of the contour of the recesses 8, are disposed at approximately 45 degrees relative to the edges a of the wings, and areas indicated at (i will be formedwhen one strip is laid upon another, said areas (2 being symmetrical and providing elements of anornamental roof design.

Each metallic fastener 11, according to the present construction, is disposed with its outer-longitudinal edge immediately below and in the plane of the edge I) of a wing 7,

and in operation, after a row of strips have been disposed end-to-end and nailed to a roof, a second-row of strips 5 are laid on the first row with their wings 7 seated on the strips of the first row and their metallic fasteners 11 engaging the under side of the over-lapped strips, along the edge h of the recesses 9 thereof, said recesses 9 having a suflicient length to receive the strips 11 and. to permit each projection or secondary wing 10 tobe visible below an "edge 6 when the fasteners come into contact with edge is of said recess 9r The strips 5 of the second row are then nailed to the roof and to the strips 5 beneath them. By use of the'invention the work of covering a roof with the strips 5 may be quickly accomplished, the edges h of the recesses 9, of the strips of a first row operating asguides for receiving the holders 11, and preventing longitudinal misplacement of the ships of a second row and the edges kof recesses 9 operating as buffers I or exposed stops to limit the lateral placements of the strip and the Waste of time often required for adjusting and spacing, for the most part, being eliminated.

By referring to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the secondary wings 10 could be dispensed with by incising the strip 5 on the dotted line :0, Operation being the same, since, as

-is obvious, the outer walls ll of the recesses 9 would operate as guides for the metallic fasteners -11 when an upper sheet is being moved to its superposed position; also said walls or edges It would operate in a way to prevent relative longitudinal movements. of the strips 5 if the wings 10 were dispensed with.

The edges is at the ends of the recessbs 9 operateas buffers or stops, and limit any further lateral movement of an upper strip 5 while said upper strip is being moved to 110 its position on a roof, and it is obvious that operation in this respect would be the same if the wings 10 were dispensed with as mentioned.

It will be understood, of course, that the herein described strips may be a plied to cover any part of a building, and in the operation of mounting an upper strip upon a lower strip 5, the upper strip is moved upwardly to its superposed position, the metallic fasteners 11 moving along and engaging the edges h which operate as guides, and this movement may continue until the metallic fasteners engage the edges 70 of the recesses 9, said last named edges operating as buffers or stops to prevent any further lateral movement. The upper strip 5 is then nailed to the roof, and on account of the construction as described, roofs or other sur faces may be quickly covered, and also the contours for the spaces (Z will appear'to be quite perfect and uniform, to present the ornamental appearance mentioned.

While I have shown metallic fasteners 11 of specific form, this is not important, and I may substitute others. However, the fasteners shown are preferred, each being dis posed at the lower side of a wing 7 and havthrough and being bent-downwardly to lie on the upper side of the tongue. Also while I have specifically mentioned outwardly convergent wings I do not wish to limit myself to the form of wings? or wings 10.

I claim as my invent'ion,

Aroofing strip having spaced polygonal wings, secondary wings intermediate said polygonal wings, said polygonal wings having sides converging toward said. secondary wings, and fasteners associated with said polygonal wings, said fasteners having projecting ends terminating intermediate the converging sides of the polygonal wings of the underlying strips in a depressed position to be freely slidable under said polygonal and above said secondary wings of the ad jacent strip to insure proper registry there- 

